12th Primetime Emmy Awards
The 12th Emmy Awards, later referred to as the 12th Primetime Emmy Awards, were held on June 20, 1960, to honor the best in television of the year. The ceremony was held at the NBC Studios, in Burbank, California. It was hosted by Fred Astaire. All nominations are listed, with winners in bold and series' networks are in parentheses.
| 12th Primetime Emmy Awards | |
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| Date | June 20, 1960 |
| Location | NBC Studios, Burbank, California |
| Presented by | Academy of Television Arts and Sciences |
| Hosted by | Fred Astaire |
| Highlights | |
| Most awards | The Jack Benny Show The Moon and Sixpence (2) |
| Most nominations | Startime (5) |
| Outstanding Program Achievement in the Field of Humor | The Art Carney Special |
| Outstanding Program Achievement in the Field of Drama | Playhouse 90 |
| Outstanding Program Achievement in the Field of Variety | Fabulous Fifties |
| Outstanding Achievement in the Field of Children's Programming | The Huckleberry Hound Show |
| Outstanding Program Achievement in the Field of Public Service | The Twentieth Century |
| Television/radio coverage | |
| Network | NBC |
The ceremony's format was a sharp contrast to the previous year's. Several Acting categories were either combined or simply removed, and nearly every category had only three nominees, as opposed to the traditional five or six. Due to the relatively small crop of categories, no show received more than two major awards. The NBC anthology Startime received the most major nominations with five.
Winners and nominees
Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger (‡).[1]
Programs
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Outstanding Program Achievement in the Field of Public Affairs and Education
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Outstanding Program Achievement in the Field of News
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Lead performances
Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Series (Lead or Support)
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Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Series (Lead or Support)
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Single performances
Outstanding Single Performance by an Actor (Lead or Support)
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Outstanding Single Performance by an Actress (Lead or Support)
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Directing
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Writing
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Outstanding Writing Achievement in the Documentary Field
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Most major nominations
| Network | Number of Nominations |
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| CBS | 32 |
| NBC | 17 |
| ABC | 3 |
| Program | Category | Network | Number of Nominations |
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| Startime | Drama | NBC | 5 |
| Father Knows Best | Comedy | CBS | 3 |
| The Jack Benny Show | |||
| The Moon and Sixpence | Drama | NBC | |
| Playhouse 90 | CBS | ||
| CBS Reports | Documentary/Public Affairs | 2 | |
| The Danny Thomas Show | Comedy | ||
| DuPont Show of the Month | Drama | ||
| The Red Skelton Show | Comedy | ||
| The Twentieth Century | Documentary/Public Affairs | ||
| The Untouchables | Drama | ABC |
Most major awards
| Network | Number of Awards |
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| CBS | 8 |
| NBC | 4 |
| Program | Category | Network | Number of Awards |
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| The Jack Benny Show | Comedy | CBS | 2 |
| The Moon and Sixpence | Drama | NBC |
- Notes
- "Major" constitutes the categories listed above: Program, Acting, Directing, and Writing. Does not include the technical categories.
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